Industrial production grew a working-day adjusted 7.8% year-on-year in March after a 1.7% increase in the previous month.

Manufacturing output increased 6.6%, following a 4.8% rise in the previous month. Production in mining grew 5.2% and energy production rose 21.3%.

"Production volumes increased in most manufacturing activities," Helle Bunder, analyst at the statistics agency, said. On a seasonally adjusted basis, industrial production rose 5.1% monthly in March and manufacturing gained 2.5%.